Journal of Education, Leadership, and Counseling

Founded in 2018, the University of Lynchburg’s Journal of Education, Leadership, and Counseling (JELC) is designed to share the research and scholarship of University of Lynchburg undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty in the fields of education, leadership, and counseling. This e-journal is an ongoing publication that expands and continues the work of the LC Journal of Special Education.

Articles

Research studies, research-based articles, and literature reviews conducted or written by University of Lynchburg undergraduate/graduate students or faculty are eligible to be published on this site. In addition, students, and faculty at other higher education institution may submit a research article or literature review related to education, leadership studies, or counseling for consideration.

Dissertations

All dissertations completed as part of the Interdisciplinary Leadership Studies Doctoral Program at University of Lynchburg are eligible to be published in the LC Journal of Education, Leadership, and Counseling. Dissertations written by students at other institutions are not eligible to be published on this site.

Submission Guidelines

All University of Lynchburg student articles and dissertations must be reviewed, approved, and recommended by the course instructor, program director, or advisor and submitted to Turn-It-In prior to submission.

All articles will be reviewed by the editorial panel which consists of Co-editors Dr. Holly Gould and Dr. Paula Lichiello plus selected faculty members.

If approved, the submission will be published in a future volume of the e-journal. All manuscripts accepted for publication will be published on the University’s website in the e-journal. Questions and submissions (as email attachments) should be sent to: *protected email*. Submission deadlines are December 1 for winter and May 15 for summer.

How to Prepare Your Manuscript

All papers will be considered for publication if they have the review, approval, and recommendation of the course instructor, advisor, or program director. All manuscripts must be submitted electronically in MS Word format to leadershipsubmission@lynchburg.edu.

All manuscripts should include a cover page with the following information:

Title of the manuscript

Date of submission

Author’s name, mailing address, business and home telephone numbers, institutional affiliation and address, email address, and fax number

Statement that this manuscript is not under consideration nor has it been published elsewhere

Papers submitted for consideration should adhere to the following stylistic attributes:

All manuscripts must include a 150-word abstract and three (3) keywords.

Articles should adhere to a 2500 to 3000 word limit, and dissertations do not have a word limit.

The manuscript should be typed in 12 point, Times New Roman font, double-spaced, with one-inch margins, and all pages should be numbered.

The manuscript should adhere to APA format with all reference citations, quoted material, and the reference list consistent with APA (Sixth Ed.) guidelines.

The manuscript should include appropriate headings according to APA form (all papers should have at a minimum center “A” headings and may also have flush left “B” headings, under those center headings as appropriate).

A list of references in APA form should follow on a page that is separate from the manuscript and follows the last page of the text.

All tables and figures should be noted in text, numbered in sequence, and then either embedded as appropriate in text or included on a separate page after the references (if tables and figures are included).

Authors have the responsibility of ensuring that any tabular or graphic material that is used from another source is appropriately included within the manuscript for publication in this journal. Securing permission for such content is the responsibility of the author. Authors must also assume responsibility for crediting information to the appropriate original source.

Authors will be notified upon receipt of their manuscripts within 10 business days. After a preliminary editorial review, manuscripts that meet journal specifications will be sent to reviewers. With the exception of the cover page, LC’s Journal of Education, Leadership, and Counseling requires that authors omit any identifying information to ensure a blind review. An email from one of the editors will be sent following the blind review, usually within six to eight weeks.

If you discover a small error after submitting your manuscript, please do not send a correction; we can correct errors in the editing process.